Yes, and that is a concern I share: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/2552 https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/2552 Scheme inter

Yes, and that is a concern I share: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/2552 https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/issues/2552 Scheme interpreters have been optimizing away the cost for most cases since the 1970s.